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JOSHUA J. GILBERT, or sYRAOUsE, Nnw YORK,ASS1GNOR 'ro O. H. SHORTA a COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 456,112, dated4 July 14, 1891.

application filed November 12, 1890. Serial No. 371,162. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern: in which the body is mounted upon side Be it known that I, JOSHUA J. GILBERT, of springs and diagonally extending spring Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the reach-bars, there has been great liability of State of New York, have invented new and undue straining and-wear upon the means 5 useful Improvements in Vehicles, of which for securing the body to said support, since the following, taken in connection with the the entire body rises and lowers with the accompanying' drawings, is a full, clear, and movement of the side springs and springexact description. reaches.

Myinvention relates to an improved spring My invention is designed to possess all of xo vehicle, and has for its object the production the advantages of this type of vehicle with of a simple and effective construction, which none of its disadvantages, and this desirable is economical, easy, and safe in use, and exresult I effect by the rigid connection of the tremely durable; and to this end it consists, side springs to the spring-reaches, the use of essentially, in the side springs, running-gear, a head-blockrigidlysecured to the springs, and

i 5 and vehicle-body, a pair of diagonally-extendbody-supporting bars mounted upon the Oping spring-reaches rigidly secured to the side posite extremities of the head-block, whereby springs, a pair of head-blocks supported by the vibration of the springs and reaches is not the side springs and reaches, and bod y-suptransmitted directly to the body, and the 7o porting bars between the head-blocks. body is mounted upon a wider support than 2o The invention also consists in reach-bars has heretofore been used. i

composed of opposite halves or sections hav- A represents the vehicle-bod y, which may ingtheiradjacent extremitieslappedtogether, -be of desirable form, size, and .construction with the opposite extremities of the forward suitable for the particular type of vehicle or sections pivotally supported on the front axle use of the rider. 'lheforward and rearward and the opposite extremity of the rear sccaxles B and C are also of desirable form and tions rigidly secured to the rear axle at points construction, and are provided with any suitoutside of a perpendicular to the vehicle-body, able construction of wheels. (Not illustrated.) a tie-bar beneath the reaches for holding D represents the fifth-Wheel having one di- 8o them the desired distance apart, and project- Vision d, secured to a suitable head-block d', 3o ing extremities upon said tie-bar for forming and the other division d2 secured to the forrub-irons. ward axle for permitting cramping of the ve- The invention furthermore consists in the hicle. detail construction and arrangement of the E represents side springs having their exparts, all as hereinafter more particularly detremities clipped atie to the head-block y d', 35 scribed, and pointed out in the claims. and their rear extremities clipped at e to the In describing this invention, reference is rear axle C. i had to the accompanying drawings, forming F represents the reach-bars, which prefera part of this specification, in which like letably consist of the forward and rearward sec- 9o ters iudicatecorresponding parts inall the tions F and F2. The forward extremities f 4o Views. of the forward sections F are rigidly secured Figure 1 represents au elevation of my together lapped one upon the other, and pivimproved vehicle with the wheels shown as oted to thel bolt f depending from the fifthremoved in order to better illustrate the conwheel. The rearward extremity f2 of the 95 struction and arrangement of my invention. front sections F is formed into au arm be- 45 Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View of the parts neath and substantially parallel to the cenas illustrated in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a top plan tral portion of the side springs. Provided view of the detached spring-reaches. Fig. 4 upon this arm arelugs f3. The rear extremiis a sectional View taken on line ai Fig. l; ties fJL of the rear sections F2 of the reaches roo and Figs. 5 and 0 represent detached plan are rigidly secured to the axle at points out- 5o views of the forward and rearward extremiside of the vehicle-body, and the forward exties of the reach-bar. tremities]L5 are forinedinto an arm lapped In spring-vehicles of the particular class with and preferably beneath the arm f2.

'lfllis latter arm f5 is provided with lugs f of simllar construction to the lugs f 3.

G G are head-blocks supported upon the side springs and reaches, and preferably secured thereto by clips g, the opposite extremities of which pass through the lugs f3 and f thus rigidly securing together the headblocks, side springs, and spring-reaches.

I-l H represent body-supporting bars having their extremities mounted upon the opposite extremities of the head-block G with their central portion depressed below the plane of their opposite extremities for receiving and supporting the body, which is thus hung lower than would be the case were said bars straight.

In order to prevent lateral movement or swaying ot' the side springs and reaches, I secure to their central portion a tie-bar I, (best seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 4,) the opposite extremities of which are rigidly secured thereto for accomplishing the desired object. The opposite extremities of this tie-bar are extended beyond the side springs at i 'i and form rubirons for the forward wheels.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description and upon reference to the drawings, and it will be noted that the vibration of the sprin gs and spring-reach bars can occasion no wear upon the body-supporting bars and the bolts for securing the body thereto, owing to the rigid connection to said side springs and reaches of the head-blocks and the use of bodysupporting irons between said head-blocks.

I am aware that in the Patent No. 03,668 of April D, 1807, to II. K. Stone, there is shown a vehicle-gear having head-blocks supported ou side springs and reach-bars extending continuously to the rear from the front axle, and that in Patent No. 396,223 of January l5, 1889, to H. A. Moyer, there is shown a spring reachbar extending continuously from the front to the rear axle, and it is stated in the specification that the opposite end portions of the reaches may be formed separately and each with a central portion by which they may be lapped one over the other, but I do not herein seek to claim either of said constructions. It will be understood, however, that I do not limit my invention to any particular construction of head-block, nor to the exact detail construction and arrangement of its parts, since the same may be somewhat varied withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the running-gear and vehicle-body, of side springs, diagonallyextending reach-bars having their forward extremities approximated and pivotally supported upon the forward axle and their rear extremities provided with an arm beneath and substantially parallel to the side springs, lugs on said arm projecting beyond the sidc springs, rear reach-bars having one ext-remity rigidly secured to the rear axle at points outside of the vehicle-bod y and the other provided with an arm lapped with the arm on the forward reach-bar, lugs on said arm projecting beyond the side springs, and clips passing through said lugs and over the side springs for securing together the reach-bars and side springs,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the running-gear and vehicle-body, of side springs, diagonallyextending reach-bars having their forward extremities approximated and pivotally supported upon the forward axle and their rear extremities provided with an arm beneath and substantially parallel to the side springs,

lugs on said arm projecting beyondthe side springs, rear reach-bars having one extremity rigidly secured to the rear axle at points outside of the vehicle-body and the other provided with an arm lapped with the arm on the forward reach-bar, lugs on said arm proj ecting beyond the side springs, clips passing through said lugs and over the side springs for securing together the reach-bars and side springs, head-blocks supported by said reachbars and side springs, and body-supporting bars between said head-blocks, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination,with the running-gear and vehicle-body, of side springs, diagonallyextending spring reach-bars secured to ther side springs, head-blocks supported by said reach-bars andside springs, a body-supportin bar between said head-blocks, and a tie-bar, beneath and secured to said reach-bars for holding them apart, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with the running-gear and vehicle-body, of side springs,diagonallyextending spring reach-bars secured to the side springs, head-blocks supported by said reach-bars and side springs, a body-supporting bar between said headblocks, and a tiebar beneath and secured to said reachbars for holding them apart, said tie-bar extending beyond the side springs for forming rubirons, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two attestiug witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 10th day of November, 1800.

JOSHUA J. GILBElT.

XVit-nesses:

CLARK II. NoR'roN, L. M. BAXTER.

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